Cognitive appraisal models are more empirically supported than stage models for conceptualizing psychological adjustment to athletic injury.
May inform psychological support for injured athletes; leaves open prospective trials to validate appraisal-based interventions.
Empirical support for stage and cognitive appraisal models of psychological adjustment to athletic injury is reviewed. Both emotional and behavioral adjustment to athletic injury are considered. Stage models are shown to lack consistent empirical support. It is argued that based on extant research findings, cognitive appraisal models provide a more viable conceptualization of the process of coping with athletic injury. Methodological issues in research addressing psychological adjustment to athletic injury are discussed.
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Britton W. Brewer (1994) studied this question.
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